



C. J. COULTER. mums. APPLICATION FILED PT. 28. IBIB.

Patented May 6, 1919;

UNITED STATE$ ?ATENT OFFICE.

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To all whom it may concern.-

it" lmpfinithflt Lflghnmjs .1T. @omwm, a eitizen et ajama winced states, deeming at Beehh, in 'tlle enemy flngeies and'igtate ef flallifornia; invented a new "erap' ihyef whih the i01- lowinggi' wspeeifiegeion.

mventionieeiates a 0- a'*-grpple {in the to beneed in enna-e 11 with w lfleekend tatiylfile' for raising andlowe oadeanfl im ebject of the invexitien ,isao mduee a' g raiilefifithis typemaeimmn simplicity bined with stem finethen object isdos'o tense-net the grap- Ie that tHe QOad twillhid in opening itiwhen 'he lfltelv-i's releaisetl.

ebject's and sad-vanta es will appear inthesiihjoined detailed desert ion;

drawings i hist'ra'te the I a side -"elev%ationfef "a" "grapple accordance with 'the provimention.

" a vei'tiealmidseetion h fg piilwthewrts i W h0wn -hrWig, *1. i a "lanseetionen ii'neindieated I 4 .rovided two iodtvvarmy cong 1*eevs ethe t "a 1i- .sl avmgan eari ibetween r" Mew e ie em ms W wh e atnlntagraaat his; lecated on one ide f t'he lenghmiiner axis of the grapple, the arm 2 beip g 1106M "ped o i that when a line fastened 'l'eaii isipassed through the eye fanned y tKe"'-anns' 1, 2 id he: will e a a ox 'esl .th a flie amwisa 'ted*'tebe e in position and for this purpose is pro at its free end with a tongue 6 adapted to be accommodated in a groove 7 in the arm 1.

The arm 1 adjacent the ve 7 forms a bearing 8 for a rotative s eeve 9 which is provided with a slot 10 adapted, by appropriate turning of the sleeve, to be brou ht mto registratlon with the groove 7 so t at the tongue 6 can readily be inserted in or withdrawn from the groove 7 to close or epentheagrappgz. v HelilW-ith ag s ilfibiitbfr Qtfition with the greove rb -a ceils'pr'ng lent-round eenavm-thmeg'h Which-te maightehe r3 the a'rm &1 extends, said ene; esing threaded at 14"to receive ',a *niit 15 di esting against Fthe eolil'ar so ia's "*hdlfl 'the 1 The sleeve *9 -is non-M113 h and cell-a1- 12 assented. 01m and dff the em with its diet 19 the spring 1 1, said sleeve isrovided with an; arm 18 extending laterlliy *therfiom and saidjarm may'fhe an part of thesleeveenas shewn'in the draw-ing nuity be fastened in place ,by l9pthusijform 111g, functionally; effthewsleeve.

The collar 12' forms "the shank portion of ane y'e '20=Whereby thefgm lemaybe fasthe am 1'8 igqamvideti *withf a pe'iforation 21 "h when en-.eperating line 22,*slaid fermedemke onteripirdjeetiend in 24 'iIIQBrBGd' 'QhIbU a dials-*2 in'itheto, air

12. *"Tliepin ra also "throsgh a me ioveth'roufgh an "eye as aidsdxfse seller terms a sheulder 2 7 adap ed to .e. thedi'ppr tindhffiifilttatufi- Went endwise movement of the sleeve upwardly.

that the eye 20 of the grapple is connected to a block or tackle or to any other means whereby the grapple ma be used in lifting and lowering loads an assuming that the arm 2 is in open position as in Fig. 3, a rope or chain, not shown, con- ;nected with the load to be hoisted is looped around the arm 2 and thearm 20 is then the ember-e...

arm and having Ya tongue to en swung into closed position, the sleeve 9 being turned suflieiently' for'this pu-r ose to register the slot 10 with the groove afterthe position desired and is then lowered-and 4 when it is desired to release the load, the operator will pull on the line 22 to turn the sleeve 9 to bring the slot 10 into registration with the groove 7, whereupon the wei ht of the? arm 2 andweight of the load t ereon will cause the arm 2 to swing downwardly on its pivot 5 to osition shown in Fig. 3. This ofcourse re eases the rope or chain which was looped around the arm 2.

The grapple may also be used with good results in place of; the ordinary davit-hooks so that if for any reason it is desirable or necessary the boat may be quickly released from both of the davits simultaneously, before or as the boat strikes the water.

' I claim:

1. A grapple comprising an arm having a groove, a second arm pivoted to the first arm and having a tongue to engage in the groove, the arms together forming. an eye whenthe tongue. is in the groove, a sleeve rotatably mounted on the first arm at the groove and provided with a slot adapted to be brought into registration. with the groove, and means yieldingly holding the sleeve turned with the slot out of registration with the oove. p

Q. A grapp e comprising an arm having a groove, a second arm pivoted to the first arm and having a tongue to engage in the groove, the arms together forming an eye when the tongue is in the groove, the second arm being in the form of a hook and the pivot being to one side of the longitudinal axis, of the grapple, and a sleeve rotatively mounted on the first arm at the groove a d p ovided wi h es b a t b brought into re fstratiOn with the groove, and means .yiel iiiiglyfiolding the sleeve turned with the slot out of registration with A I an? arm; v e g ove, aa e ndarm p oted to efirst gage intthe r e, aim -Jim i er i niei an J y when the tongue is in the roove, a sleeve rotatively mounted on the rst arm at the groove and provided with a slot adapted to be brought into registration with the groove, a spring to turn the sleeve with the slot out of registration with the groove, the sleeve having a laterally projecting arm; an eye connected with the first named arm, and alinefastened to the arm and rove through the last named eye.

LA, grapple comprising curved arms. a pivotrconnecting the arms together at one end,. a nd means to releasably hold-the arms together at theother end, said means including a rotative member haring a slot, the

arms when in closed position forming an eye, one of the arms being in thegEorm ofa-hook and thepivot being to one side of the longitudinal axis of the grapple-so. that when the grapple is upright a line passing through the eye will rest only on the. hookshaped arm, said hook-shaped arm having a tongue adapted to pass through the-slot.

5.-A grapple comprising a curved arm having. a bearing at-its upper end and having a groove extending into. the bearing and having a shankv and ashoulder, a'sleeve journale'd on the bearing and provided with a slotadapted to be broughtinto registration with the groove and having an internal an nular shoulder seated against the first named shoulder, a second curved arm pivoted to the first named arm andhaving a tongue to pass through the. slot and enter the "groove, an eye having a collar through which the shank of the first arm projects, said collar forming a shoulder to engage the sleeve, a nut threaded on the shanka-nd bearing against the outer end of the collar, a coil spring on "the collar-fastened at one end to the collarv and at itsopposite end to the sleeve, a stop to limit rotation of the sleeve by the spring,. and means to eflect rotation of the sleeve againstthe power of the spring, use he slot to be brought into registration with theigroove. ,7 Signed at Los Angeles,-..California, this 23d dayof September, l9-18.- I

v 1 H R E Win-Jews; .1 5

Gnome ,L. BELLE-,WEAVER] pa e! inl i i e ob thiii'd" gdi" lye, stilt: 0 8-11, ftiennniepioneret meme to-v J. memes; 

